Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17
FINAL ARRANGEMENTS.
EVERYTHING lii Readiness for the Gen.
eral Primary Election to Take
Place March 22d.

Place March 22d.
AT a meeting OF the Democratic
City Central Committee last night
arrane ements for the general primary
to be held on the 22d inst, we're
made, as follows:
Upon motion, the report Of the
committee on resolutions was adopt
cd. A committee, consisting of j.
C. Bassford and w. A. Morris, was
appointed to make preparations for
the election. r. N. Armstrong wal
appointed committee on printing.
The judges OF election appointed
are as follows: HI. T. Brooks, L.
Mundy, N. NJ. Roberts, John Gregg,
Thos. Board, j. J. Gill.
A mass meeting was ordered, to
elect committeeman for the ensuing
year, and the following call issued:
There is hereby ordered a mass
meeting to be held by the Democratic
voters Of each ward of the city of
Mexico, for the purpose of selecting
2 Democratic Central Committeeman
for each ward, which meetings are to
be held on Wednesday evening. the
23rd day of March, at 7:30 O'Clock,
p. m. at the following places:
First Ward.-Null's grocery store.
Second Ward.-LEDGER office.
Third Ward.-City Council room.
Fourth Weird. - County Clerks
Office.
Fifth Ward.-Sheriff's office.
Sixth Ward-Circuit Court room.
By order of the committee.
GEO. ROBERTSON, Chmn.
Fl. F. WOODWARD, Sec'y.
The resolutions adopted by the
committee are as follows:
RESOLVED, By the Democratic City
Central Committee Of the City of
Mexico. that for the purpose Of NOM
mating Democratic candidates for the
offices Of Mayor, Marshal, Attorney,
Clerk and Recorder, and a Council
man for each ward, that there be held
by the Democratic voters of said city
a primary election at the Sheriff's
room in the Court House in Mexico,
Mo-, on the 22nd day of March, 1887,
from the hours Of seven O'Clock, a.
m, until shutdown of said day.
There shall be prepared by this
committee, printed tickets for said
election, which shall he printed on
white paper and containing the usual
margin for writing names thereon /;
said tickets shall contain all the names
of all Democratic candidates for said
offices, who shall have paid their as
sessment levied by this committee.
There shall be made a ticket for
each ward which shall contain all the
names of the Democratic candidates
for the Councilman for said ward
and the names of all the candidates
for the general Offices of the city, to
be elected.
There shall be two sets of judges
of three each one set shall receive
the ballots and the other shall count.
The judges who receive the ballots
shall have three clerks, and the other
set two clerks.
There shall be a ballot box for each
ward and numbered according to the
ward to which it belongs, and each
billot cast shall be put into the box
b .longing to the ward in which the
voter casting such ballot resides, and
is entitled to vote.
Immediately after the voting is
commenced. the judges and the said
clerks shall proceed to count the
votes cast and the names of casting
up and counting said votes shall be
the same as is provided in the gener-
al law of this state for elections and
entitled chapter 101 of the revised
statutes of this state for 1879; and
wherein this resolution does not pre-
scribe a different method the rules fer
the management and conduct Of this
; primary election shall be the same as
is now IN force in this state under
the general law above referred to.
Should the judges by mistake put
any ballot into the wrong box, they
shall, when counting the same, count
1t as though it had been deposited in
the proper box.
In counting and casting up the
ballots cast at said primary to ascer.
, tain the result of the same, the
Judges shall count the words in theil
numerical order.
The judges shall after they have
made said count, certify to this com.
mittee the anne of each candidate
voted for at said election, and the
number of votes each has received
and the candidates for each office re
: celving the highest number of votes
shall be declared the nominees of the
, party.
All poll books, ballot boxes, bal
lots counts and tallies kept, shall, sc
soon as said judges shall have made
their count, be turned over to this
; committee which shall then immedi
ately meet and declare the result O.
! said primary, %whereupon this com
I mittee shall order the nominees to be
, placed upon the City Democratic
, ticket.
The ballots to be used in this pri
mary shall contain the device O
democratic Primary Ticket"
+ 1t is further resolved, that nom
but Democrats have a right to parti
cipate in said primary and vote there
at, and the test as to a mans right t.
vote at said primary shall be, first
e that he shall be FL years of age, ant
a citizen of Mexico at the time O
offering to vote, OF shall become 2.
: years of age and a citizen of Mexic'
d and entitled to vote under the Law
|. of the city of Mexico, on the frs
Tuesday in April next
Second. that he shall heretofor
D. have acted and voted with the Dem
ocratic party when voting, in goo
:; faith, or if he has become Of votinI
i. age slnce the last state election b